Log and lumber car.



G. H. RUGGLES.

LOG AND LUMBER GAR.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 6, 190a.

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G. H. RUGGLES.

LOG AND LUMBER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909. V 9 3 1 Patentgd Man]. 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Each bolster has secured to the upper face thereof in any suitable manner, a bar 38, extending above and outside of the wheels as at 39, and each end of the bars is provided with a swinging chock block 40, the block being connected to the bar by straps ti on each side thereof and pivoted to both parts.

The bolsters are connected together to form a rigid frame by coupling bars l2, whose ends are provided with tenons 4-3, received in mortises at in the bolsters, and the bars are braced against the bolsters by braces l5 at each end thereof.

It will be evident from the description, that the car is reversible, the construction at one end being an exact duplicate of the construction at the other end. It will also be evident that the car consists substantially of two frames, a lower flexible frame, and an upper rigid frame, the former composed by the axles and reach bars, and the latter by the bolsters and bars 42.

The car is especially adapted for the short. curves. and crude construction of logging railways, the axles being flexibly connected in such a manner that the pairs of wheels are permitted to take positions very much inclined with respect to each other, and without disturbing the arrangement of the load which is supported by the rigid frame.

In rounding a curve, the reach bars move freely past each other, one being arranged at a higher level than the other, and the connections of their ends with the axle being pivotal.

I claim,

1. A car of the character specified, comprising a flexible frame and a rigid frame supported thereby, axles in connection with the flexible frame, each of said axles having near each end thereof a transverse plate provided on the outer side of the axle with lateral recesses, said recesses opening inwardly, and a tongue having lateral braces, whose ends are bent outwardly to form trunnions for engaging the adjacent recess.

2. A car of the character specified, comprising a flexible frame and a rigid frame supported thereby, axles in connection with the flexible frame, each of said axles having near each end thereof a transverse plate provided on the outer side of the axle with lateral recesses, said recesses opening inwardly, and a tongue having lateral b"aces, whose ends are bent outwardly to form trunnions for engaging the adjacent recess, and reach bars pivoted to the opposite ends of the plates, said reach bars being arranged in crossed relation A car of the character specified, comprising a flexible frame and a rigid frame supported thereby, axles in connection with the flexible frame. each of said axles having near each end thereof a transverse plate provided on the outer side of the axle with lateral recesses, said recesses: opening inwardly, and a tongue having lateral braces, whose ends are bent outwardly to form trunnions for engaging the adjacent recess, and reach bars pivoted to the opposite ends of the plates, said reach bars being arranged in crossed relation, bolsters in connection with the rigid frame, and wear plates on the ends of the bolsters cooperating with said first named plates.

at. In a car of the character specified, front and rear axles, a transverse plate at each end of each axle, said plates extending on both sides of the axle, and provided in their outer ends with lateral recesses opening inwardly for the purpose specified, and in their inner ends with reduced portions and reach bars pivoted to the said reduced portions.

CHARLES H. RUGGLES.

Witnesses T. It. KING, A. B. Gonnox.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing; the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. C. 

